Khotang District

Khotang District
खोटाङ जिल्ला
District
Country Nepal
Province Province No. 1
Admin HQ. Diktel
Government
 • Type Coordination committee
 • Body DCC, Khotang
 • Head Mr. Babi Chamling
 • Deputy-Head Mrs. Goma Devi Khatri
 • Parliamentary constituencies 1
 • Provincial constituencies 2
Area
 • Total 1,591 km2 (614 sq mi)
Population (2011 [1])
 • Total 206,312
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NPT)
Website ddckhotang.gov.np/en/

Khotang District (Nepali: खोटाङ जिल्ला Listen ) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 km² and has a population (2011) of 206,312.[1] Khotang is part of the area traditionally called Majh Kirat (middle Kirat /Khambuwan), home to indigenous ethnic Kirat Rai people. Apart from Rais, other ethnic groups and hill castes live in Khotang.


Geography and climate

Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range % of Area
Lower Tropical below 300 meters (1,000 ft)  0.7%
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		 31.5%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		 49.1%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		 16.3%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		  1.6%

Municipalities and Village Development Committees (VDC))

Map of the VDCs in Khotang District

References

  1. 1 2 Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved November 22, 2013
  • "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

Coordinates: 27°12′N 86°47′E / 27.200°N 86.783°E / 27.200; 86.783


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